Comb cleaner



Patented Apr. 7, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to comb cleaners, and its general object is to provide a comb cleaner for removing deposits that accumulate between the teeth of a comb in an easy and expeditious manner with very little effort on the part of the user.

A further object of the invention is to provide a comb cleaner that can be used for a prolonged period of time without fear of breakage or displacement of the cleaning elements which can be easily removed in the event of damage thereto, in that they are detachable.

Another object of the invention is to provide a comb cleaner that includes metallic cleaning elements with means for holding them taut and the cleaner is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and extremely efiicient in use and This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of the comb cleaner which forms the subject matter of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 3--3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a view of a slightly modified form of frame.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view of a cleaning blade.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view of a further modified form of frame.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary perspective view of the frame as shown in Figure 6.

Referring to the drawing in detail, and particularly to Figures 1 to 3 inclusive which discloses the preferred form of frame for my comb cleaner, it will be noted that the frame is formed from a single strip of material which is preferably round in cross section, and the frame includes a body I having formed on one end thereof and arranged at right angles with respect thereto an arm 2, while the opposite end of the body I has formed thereon a portion 3 that is disposed at right angles with respect to the body I and merges into a handle 4 that includes diverging portions having a looped outer end 5, to provide with the diverging portions a convenient gripping means as will be apparent upon inspection of Figure 1.

From the handle the strip of material is bent to provide a portion 6 which is looped upon itself and extends into an arm 1 which cooperates with the arm 2 in a manner which will be presently apparent.

The arm I is normally arranged at an inclination toward the handle 4 and together with the arm 2 is provided with a plurality of equi-distantly arranged slits 8 disposed transversely therethrough and which are arranged for substantially the entire length of the arms. Each of the slits 8 have recesses 9 disposed at the outer ends thereof to act as guides to receive the cleaning elements which as shown are in the form of saw blades.

The cleaning elements or blades are indicated by the reference numeral I0 and are provided throughout the length thereof with teeth II disposed in substantially the same manner as the teeth of a saw blade, and the blades II! have formed on the ends thereof eyelets which act in the capacity as abutments I2.

The blades are inserted in the slits 8 as clearly shown in Figure 1, and as the blades are all of the same length, the resilient qualities of the arms 2 and I hold the blades taut, it being noted from Figure 1 that the arm 2 is normally arranged at an outward inclination as shown in dotted lines in said figure, while the normal position of the arm I is likewise shown in dotted lines, but when the blades are disposed in the slits, the arms are pulled to the full line position or in parallelism with each other.

In cleaning a comb, it is disposed so that a blade will be positioned between each of the teeth of the comb as shown in Figures 1 and 2, and the comb is reciprocated, with the result the deposits that form between the comb teeth will be removed therefrom, through the medium of the blades and the teeth I I thereof.

In Figure 4, I have illustrated a slightly modified form of frame, in that the arms I3 and I4 thereof are square cornered, but otherwise the frame is practically the same as the one shown in Figures 1 to 3, as the arms I3 and I4 are formed integral with the remaining portions of the frame.

In Figures 6 and 7, I have illustrated a further modified form which includes an arm I5 in the form of a strip which has one end riveted or otherwise secured to a flattened tongue I6 that is formed on a handle l1, and the arm I5 is normally disposed at an inward inclination as best shown in Figure 6. The arm l5 as well as the companion arm therefor, not shown, and the arms l3 and M are each provided with slits to receive cleaning elements or blades identical with the blades It.

From the above description and disclosure of the drawing, it will be obvious that I have provided a comb cleaner that is practically indestructible, in that the cleaning elements are made from metal in the form of saw blades, but in the event any of the blades should become damaged they can be easily removed and replaced by new ones due to the slit construction of the arms that receive the same.

t is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A comb cleaner comprising a frame including an outwardly directed resilient arm integral therewith, a handle included in said frame, a tongue formed on said handle, an inwardly di- :2,036,527 r V. g rected resilient arm fixed to the tongue for cooperation with the arm first mentioned, said arms being slit transversely, and cleaning means received in the slits for detachable association with said arms. I

2. A comb cleaner comprising a frame including a pair of resilient arms having equi-distantly spaced slits'arranged therein, a plurality of individual cleaning elements in the form of saw blades received in the slits for individual detachable association with the arms, eyelets on the ends of each blade to act as abutting means to contact the outer sides of the arms for securing the blades in the slits, and a handle for the frame.

3. A comb cleaner comprising a frame formed from a single strip of resilient material and including cooperating arms slit transversely substantially the entire length thereof and normally sprung at an outward inclination with respect to eachother, cleaning elements in the form of, saw blades received in said slits for drawing the arms in parallelism with each other, meansformed on the ends of each blade to contact the outer sides of the arms for cooperation with the resiliency of the latter, to detachably secure the blades in the slots and to hold the blades taut, and a, handle included in said frame; 7

DANIEL O. INMAN. 

